Churchill

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133139
MAS/MILS ID 1220100067
Record type Site
Current site name Churchill
Alternate or previous names Magnum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -126.69336, 56.59983 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -126.69336, 56.59983

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1970

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Churchill Copper Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brameda Resources
    Interest 51
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kam-Kotia Mines
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Indicated 1068000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1068000mt ore
    Total resources 1068000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.92 wt-pct Copper Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 770000mt ore
    Demonstrated 770000mt ore
    Total resources 770000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 90000mt ore
    Demonstrated 90000mt ore
    Total resources 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, B.C.-275.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.47.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.